Couriers & Messengers

Pick up and deliver messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or directly to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance.

On the job, you would:

Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities.
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.

Personality

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		92%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		89%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		85%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		71%	Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
		69%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
		67%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
		67%	Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
		61%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		53%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		51%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Strengths
		100%	Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Aptitude

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Abilities \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		66%	Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
		66%	Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
		56%	Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
		56%	Far Vision - The ability to see details at a distance.
		56%	Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
		56%	Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
		56%	Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
		53%	Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
		53%	Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
		53%	Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
		53%	Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
		53%	Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
		53%	Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
		53%	Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Deliver items.

Operate vehicles or material-moving equipment.

Load materials or equipment.

Unload materials or equipment.

Relay information between personnel.

Analyze shipping information to make routing decisions.

Deliver items.

Sort mail.

Obtain written authorization to perform activities.

Record shipping information.

Confer with coworkers to coordinate work activities.

Maintain mechanical equipment.

Provide notifications to customers or patrons.

Sort mail.

Distribute incoming mail.

Operate office equipment.

File documents or records.

Prepare outgoing mail.

Load materials or equipment.

Unload materials or equipment.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent
		99%	Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
		95%	Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
		93%	Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
		93%	Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
		92%	Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
		86%	Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
		81%	Spend Time Sitting - How much does this job require sitting?
		79%	Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
		78%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
		78%	Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
		77%	In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment - How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
		73%	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
		73%	Exposed to Disease or Infections - How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?
		70%	Exposed to Contaminants - How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
		68%	Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
		66%	Outdoors, Exposed to Weather - How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
		66%	Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
		63%	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
		62%	Importance of Repeating Same Tasks - How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
		62%	Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets - How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
		61%	Frequency of Decision Making - How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
		61%	Responsibility for Outcomes and Results - How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
		61%	Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People - How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
		59%	Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
		58%	Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
		54%	Letters and Memos - How often does the job require written letters and memos?

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Tasks & Values
		79%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
		75%	Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
		75%	Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment - Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
		66%	Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
		65%	Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
		59%	Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
		56%	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
		53%	Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.

Getting Started

Education:

74%

High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

13%

Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

Couriers & Messengers

What they do:

On the job, you would:

Personality

Characteristics of this Career

Strengths

Aptitude

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Job Details

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

Tasks & Values

Getting Started